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    Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was an Akimel O'odham Indigenous American and a United States Marine during World War II. Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community , located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona .

  2. Nov 7, 2021 · Ira Hayes was the first Pima to become a Marine paratrooper and one of the six men in the iconic photo of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi. His life was marked by glory, tragedy, and haunting memories of the war.

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  3. Dec 16, 2021 · Everyone knows the iconic image of soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima, but few know the tragic history of Ira Hayes -- one of the men pictured.

  4. Feb 23, 2020 · Ira Hayes was a Native American Marine who raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi in World War II. He faced post-traumatic stress and died in 1955, but his legacy lives on in his community and beyond.

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  5. Nov 3, 2021 · On Feb. 23, 1945, Marine Corps Pfc. Ira Hayes, a 22-year-old Pima Indian from Arizona, achieved immortal fame as one of the six flag raisers in the iconic World War II photo and film taken atop...

  6. Feb 23, 2018 · Ira Hayes, 22, was a Pima American Indian from the Gila River Reservation in Arizona. Johnny Cash memorialized him in “The Ballad of Ira Hayes,” which recounts his tragic end. In the image ...

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  8. Feb 27, 2024 · They celebrated the life and legacy of Ira Hamilton Hayes, who’s remembered as a complicated hero. He’s perhaps best known for being one of six Marines captured in the iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” during World War II.